Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity
Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity
Kermani, Navid
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781509514847, Publication Date: Fri, December 1, 2017, Type: Hardcover ,
join & start selling
description
1

What happens when one of Germany's most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Kermani is awestruck by a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and wonder, the irrational and the unfathomable, the deeply human and the divine - a Christianity that today's Christians rarely speak of so earnestly, boldly and enthusiastically.

With the open-minded curiosity of a non-believer - or rather a believer in another faith - Kermani engages with Christian art in its great richness and diversity. The result is an enchanting reflection which reinvests in Christianity both its spectacular beauty and its terror. Kermani struggles with the cross, falls in love at the sight of Mary, experiences the Orthodox Mass and appreciates the greatness of St Francis. He teaches us to see the questions of our present-day lives in the pictures of old masters such as Botticelli, Caravaggio and Rembrandt - not with lectures on art history or theology, but with an intelligent eye for the essential details and the underlying relations to seemingly remote worlds, to literature and to mystical Islam.

Kermani's poetic school of seeing draws us in as we are carried along by his unique perspective on Christianity, rekindling our interest in great art at the same time. We are captivated by his unique and brilliant Islamic reading of the West.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Tales of Moonlight and Rain

by Ueda, Akinari

Paperback /Paperback

$27.00

Crank Palace: A Maze Runner ...

by Dashner, James

Paperback /Paperback

$7.49

The Monster Book of Zombies, ...

by Ford, Jason

Paperback /Paperback

$13.59

listens & views

IF

by JONES,BILL RYDER

VINYL LP

out of stock

$29.49

WISHING

by GRANDDADDY MACK

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$14.75

PREMONITION

by RANAE,KARE

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$13.75

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group